Meaning & use
unsweet
Last updated
Not sweetened or sweet in taste.
See it in a sentence
In the American South, ordering iced tea without specifying often gets you unsweet tea instead of sweet tea.
The chef preferred an unsweet dark chocolate for the ganache.
A note on using this word
Especially common in Southern U.S. English as a quick way to distinguish plain iced tea from the region's default sweetened version.
Words with a similar meaning
unsweetened
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
sweetsweetened
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “unsweet”, then compare your use with the examples above.
Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.